Frequency of emotional disturbances among hostelites and day scholars medical students.

Objective: This study was aimed to determine and compare the frequency of the emotional disturbances, anxiety and depression among the medical students on Hospital Anxiety Depression scale (HAD) score among the hostelites and day scholars.

Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted at a private medical college in Faisalabad, Pakistan, from March 2019 to April 2019, comprising of 105 male and female students. Validated Hospital Anxiety depression scale (HAD-A and HAD-D) was used to collect data from 1st year and 2nd year MBBS students in order to evaluate anxiety and depression among them.

Association of apoptotic marker cytokeratin18 with blood pressure in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease patients.

Objective: Non Alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) associated with hypertension (HTN) is an emerging health issue globally. It is associated with increased levels of apoptotic marker CK18. Main objective of this study was to explore association of cytokeratin18 (CK18) with hypertension (HTN) in NAFLD patients.